Making donations of even meager things give undiminishing virtues. He should also try to avoid sinful tendencies like lust, anger, greed, attachment and condemning others, etc. He can have his normal dinner only after the completion of the Katha.
He should sleep on the floor and should have only fruits in the diet. So a man desirous of listening to Shiva Maha Purana should first get initiated.Ī devotee who has taken the vow of listening to the Katha of Shiva Maha Purana, should follow a celibate life.
The Mantra ‘OM NAMAH SHIVAYA’ should be chanted through out the period of Katha.”Īn uninitiated person does not have the right to listen to the Katha of Shiva Maha Purana. A devotee should also make donations and offerings according to his capacity and capability otherwise he would become a wretched man. A devotee, who listens to the Katha leaving behind all of his worldly worries get complete benefits. There should be no kind of distraction during the ‘Katha’ period. The person who is telling the ‘Katha’ should be a scholar and should be capable of clearing all the doubts from the listener’s mind. The person who is telling the ‘Katha’ should be facing north and all the listeners should sit facing east. “After making a resolution and doing worship of Ganapati – the destroyer of all hurdles and obstacles the Katha should be commenced. The ‘Katha’ must be help in scared places like Shiva temple, any place of pilgrimage or in one’s home after doing a Bhumi Pujan of the land Where one intends to held the Katha of Shiva Purana. The sages and the virtuous people should be invited too. After that, friends and relatives should be invited, especially those who have the tendency of being away from such occasions.
Sutaji replied: “First of all, an auspicious moment should be determined by an Astrologer. Sage Shaunaka requested Sutaji to tell about the proper method of listening to Shiva Purana, so that mankind gets complete benefit.
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